BI/Rain news Thread.

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Since Bi is all over the entertainment news, I didn't feel like making countless of threads about him, so this one thread is gonna be dedicated to him.
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Rain Invited to ABC TV Headquarters in New York



Singer Rain has been invited to the headquarters of ABC TV in New York.

Rain was recently selected by the U.S. weekly magazine TIME as one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World" (Time 100). He will leave Seoul on the morning of May 7 to attend a "Time 100" party to be held at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York on May 8 at 8:30 p.m., local time. The trip has garnered attention, as Rain is expected to meet a senior executive of ABC TV, one of the major American TV networks, at the company's headquarters in New York.

According to a person close to Rain, he will visit the ABC TV headquarters in New York on May 8 at noon before heading for the "Time 100" red carpet ceremony. He is visiting ABC at the company's invitation. During his visit, he is expected to have a meeting with a senior executive at ABC to discuss the possibility of his appearing on the TV network.

An official from his agency, JYP Entertainment, has recently said, "Some time ago, we were contacted by an official from ABC TV. The official asked about Rain, his plans, and the possibility of his appearing on ABC TV."

Under these circumstances, if his meeting with the ABC TV executive results in his appearance on the TV's nationwide network, it will have a positive effect on enhancing his recognition in the United States. Rain officially declared his plan to advance into the American market in February, when he gave a solo concert at the Madison Square Garden in New York, a first for an Asian singer.

Following his attendance at the "Time 100" party, Rain will return home on the morning of May 10. Upon arriving, he will head for Busan to act in director Park Chan-wook's new film "I'm a Cyborg, But That's Okay," the first film he has ever acted in. Since late March, Rain has been staying in Busan to shoot the film.

credit: KBS Global

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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/artic ... 64,00.html

Rain
The Magic Feet from Korea
By BRYAN WALSH
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Posted Sunday, Apr. 30, 2006
Rain is big—big!—in Japan. The South Korean king of pop also fills seats in Beijing, Pusan and Bangkok. In Hong Kong his concerts sell out in 10 minutes, and across much of Asia, fans snap up pirated videos of his soap operas. Thanks to his angelic face, killer bod and Justin Timber— like dance moves, Rain, 23, has ridden the crest of hallyu, or the Korean wave, the Asia-wide obsession for that country's pop culture. But the ambition that lifted Rain (real name: Ji Hoon Jung) out of a one-room house in Seoul won't be sated by simply conquering the biggest continent on earth. Rain is looking east to the U.S., studying English day and night. He sold out two shows at Madison Square Garden's smaller venue in February, and that could be just a few drops of the deluge that some think will follow the release of his English-language debut album this fall. Yet even if Rain, whose style virtually clones American pop, fails to make it in the U.S., the trend he represents is here to stay. Rain is the face—and well-muscled torso—of pop globalism. Before he visited the U.S., Rain already had a fan base, thanks to Internet music sites, satellite TV and DVDs of his soap operas. Those are the same media that make it easier than ever for growing numbers of Americans to get their fix of Japanese anime, Bollywood films and Korean music—and vice versa. Pop culture no longer moves simply in a single direction, from the West to the rest of the world. Instead, it's a global swirl, no more constrained by borders than the weather. Rain, after all, falls on everyone.

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Rain's photo DVD - Super popular in Japan



Rain was just finished a romantic comedy "人造人之戀", in it she unexpectedly meets with the leading lady Lin Xiu Ching in the mental hospital. And the two play psychopaths exposed to each other.

When filming movie, Rain plays the psychopath who presumptuously thinks himself to be able to steal other people's soul. He is always with Lin Xiu Ching who always thinks that he is a man-made person. And they develop a very interesting love realtionship. The two lead roles portray a very energetic patients; Lin Xiu Ching wears a white robe with a fluffy short haircut, and her expressions are a little dorky. Rain takes the appearance with a peach colored uniform, and he acts with a weird psychopath juxtaposition with his head lowered all the time. This piece began shooting at the end of March, and is currently arranged to open onscreen in Decemeber.

Moreover, Rain debut seven years a photo DVD "Road for Rain" came out on the 27th in Japan. This time, the photos were shot in America Los Angeles and Cuba, etc. for the scenery. It unfolds his sex appeal, pure and wild and has a lot of charm in the countryside. The estimated sales volume exceeded 100 hundred million han yuan. As for the first Japanese disc "Sad Tango", Rain will release another single in Japan on June 7th - "Free Way".

He plans to go back to Japan on the 22nd to attend "Pop Jam". In addition, on June 15, he wants to hold a concert in Tokyo for 10,000 of his fans to get together.

news: worldjournal.com
credit : [asianfanatics.net]